A few things then onward.
Okay, as fair as pairings go I haven't a clue. In fact the way the story is coursing she will not be with anyone, until the sequel. In that case you can vote for your favorite pairing, as much as you want. You are welcome to vote now if you want. This chapter and the next are going to be a bit darker, so I am going to have to change the rating to PG-13. Thanks for all your nice reviews.
Kitty-demon92- I am a young adult of eighteen, who excelled in English class. Thank you for you compliment. Not to mention my mom was a teacher, and she is dead-set on fair grammar.
I don't own these two shows, and continuing to disclaim that I do.
The bazaar was bustling with activity, the Magician family in the thick of it. Dark Magician glanced at his two children his arm sitting tightly around his wife's waist.
"Mom and I have a few items to pick-up." He said sharing a wink with his son, while looking pointedly at Serenity.
"You are on your own for a little while, keep an eye out for young Marik." Dark Magician Girl added.
"Yes Ma'am!" The children said saluting at their parents. With small words of information shared, the two pairs went their separate ways.
"How are we going to find Marik?" Serenity inquired.
"I do not know, but we should start looking." Magick implied.
"Okay, let us spilt up, I'll go this way." Serenity said heading deeper into the throng of people.
"Wait!" Magick called out unheeded. "We shouldn't separate." He murmured to himself, sighing at the thought of finding two people in the mob.
"Hey Magick!" A voice called from behind him. Magick turned to greet the caller, pleased to see Marik.
"Hello, Marik!" He cried out in relief. One down, he thought, now to find Serenity.
"Where's the princess?" Marik asked looking for his other friend. Magick gestured to the growing group of people. Marik whistled in amazement. "Shall we look for her?" Marik questioned. Magick nodded and together they set off to find Serenity.
With our young angel, she had found her way to the novelty stands of the bazaar. There in the shades of palm sat a boy with light colored hair, his back to Serenity. Found you, she thought and rushed to the boy. Tackling him to the ground, chirping Marik's name.
"Get off." was a brutish reply to her, struggling to push her off. In the process of trying to escape Serenity the pair tumbled into the sunlight. The boy's hair was highlighted as a shocking white. Serenity seeing this scampered off of the boy. Said boy sat up and twisted his body to glare at Serenity. His sharp sky-blue eyes starring intensely at her.
"You will tell me why you felt the need to jump on me." came the smooth order from the youth in front of her.
"Sorry, I thought you were Marik, a friend of mine." Serenity explained.
"I feel sorry for your friends if this is how you greet them." He spoke sneeringly.
"I don't greet any of my friends like that, it was in relief of finding him, ah you, who are you?" Serenity asked in wonder.
"If I tell you, will you go away?" He asked.
"Yes." Serenity said sincerely.
"Bakura." He said.
"Well, Bakura, come on." Serenity urged grabbing his hand.
"Wait, I thought you said, you would go away." Bakura asked.
"We are going away from this area." She explained with logic.
"But, I meant.." Bakura was cut-off.
"Look, I'm hungry, I bet you are too, it's high noon." Serenity said dragging Bakura back the way she came.
"You don't here the word No, very often do you?" Bakura questioned.
"No, you're not hungry, or no, you don't want to get food with a friend?" Serenity inquired.
"Never mind." Bakura grumbled resigning himself to be dragged.
"That's what I thought, look an open food court." Serenity said hauling Bakura to it. "I see Magick and Marik too, come on." She said speeding up. "Magick, Marik, over here I made a new friend." Serenity called them over.
Lunch hour was spent getting to know each other. They were joined by Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl. Presenting a staff and clothing modeled after the three Magician's to Serenity. Also, giving an upgraded spell caster light gold orb to Magick. "Well, Serenity, welcome to the first stage of formal training." Dark Magician spoke.
"What do I do, hit my opponents over the head with it?" Serenity asked. Everyone laughed at the question. Dark Magician Girl blushed at a memory. "Mom, why are you red?" Serenity wondered. This was met with heavier laughter. Dark Magician grinned boyishly at his wife.
"Mom and I trained together, and she did wallop me on my head, she didn't ask." Dark Magician told, hugging his wife closer. "Honey, talking about that, makes the spot hurt again, can you kiss it better?" He teased his wife. Dark Magician Girl stood up and whacked Dark Magician over the head with said staff.
"You swore you would never tell, and behave!" She said in her defense. Sitting back down, everyone laughed harder.
The day was spent combing the bazaar, looking at different things. Serenity bought two necklaces, with a split staff charm. One half said her brother's name on it, the other her's, she gave that one to Magick. She also bought two gold arm bands for Marik, and a Eye of Ra cloak pin for Bakura. Serenity gave them their gifts, in return she receive two well-cut stones, an Amethyst from Marik, and a Aquamarine from Bakura. Magick got her a cloak with the family crest on the back as well as her name. As the sun began its descent, good-byes were shared and promises to see each other tomorrow were made. Each going their separate ways, Marik home, and Bakura to an inn he was staying at with his father the innkeeper.
Bakura frighten to return to the inn, his shoulders tensed at the greeting he would receive from his father. A shadow fell over him, his head down.
"Now boy, where is the money you pinched, to help keep this inn running." His father's course voice demanded. Bakura handed over the money he had acquired. Squinting with guilt as the coins glinted in his father's hand.
"Good, soon, I will teach you tomb-robbing." His father crowed. Bakura winced, he had no desire to become the next King of Thieves, but the other option wasn't desired either. Bakura hearten by the father's pride of Dark Magician in his kids made a painful flaw that night. He told of his day with the Magician family. His father became enraged, the Magician family is the trusted advisor to the High Pharaoh which made them very wealthy and very dangerous to his way of life.
"This was all you brought back, a measly seven-hundred gold coins?" He raged at Bakura. His hand descended toward Bakura knocking him to the floor, Serenity's gift falling out of his pocket. "Ah, I see, you were holding out on me." His father said reaching toward Bakura's only treasure.
"No, father!" Bakura screamed, his defiance seeping from him.
"Hmm, this means something to you, insect?" He questioned flipping the cloak pin in the air.
"Yes." Bakura stated, his will fading with the glowing ideas in his father's eyes.
"Very well, you may keep this trinket, only if you go back tomorrow and bring me the Magician family heirloom." His father gloated. Bakura had never heard of this item, but nodded his head. "Good, now louse, don't you ever talked back to me again." His father order his hand falling to the knife at his hip. "You will learn to respect me." He grounded out, drawing the knife out. Bakura tensed, knowing he would hurt tonight, but he will refuse to cry out. Darkness fell onto Bakura's world, saving him from the pain he would experience.
With Serenity she had arrived in her room just as the moon reached it's peak. Fate and Destiny were waiting to begin training her again in her dreams. However, they had a few new things to explain.
"Serenity the gems you receive from your friends today, place them in your bracelet." Fate instructed.
"Where?" Serenity questioned.
"Look closely." Destiny explained.
True enough two gem shape holes sat on the ridges of the snake's back. Serenity slipped the two stones into them, when snug they glowed warmly.
"You will be even closer to your friends, the gems will alert you to their status, and lend you unique powers." Fate elaborated.
"Now to bed, little one." Destiny spoke. They tucked Serenity in, tears hidden in their eyes.
"Tomorrow's going to be hard for her." Destiny whispered to Fate.
"Not all of it." Fate replied. Serenity sensing their sadness, spoke up.
"Good-night and I love you." Serenity wished to them, then curled into sleep. The sisters disappeared in a glimmer of stars.
Oh, you are not going to be happy with me, especially Bakura fans.
Though let me explain there has to be some reason Bakura becomes a tomb robber of epic proportions. This is one of the more demanding reasons I can think of, that would make his personality jaded. Don't worry he will be fine, and away from that man in the next chapter. In A Lady, two healers, and a warrior.
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WolfchildBlazer